Monday, November 26, 2007

Open letter to Tok Pa

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Apologies for my silence on the latest THES rankings. Thanks to Tony for his many updates. I've been trying to wait for all the discussi...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Prof Khoo Not Optimistic

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tWell, the debate over the quality of higher education in Malaysia isn't going to abate any time soon judging from the continual media c...
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Monday, November 19, 2007

More on Malaysian Higher Education

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The standards of our universities are of greatest concern to all Malaysians who care for the country. And certainly, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, ar...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Tok Pa Responds

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The Minister of Higher Education, Datuk Mustapa Mohamed wrote on open letter to the press today, as published in The Star. It is one of th...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

PM: I Am Worried

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Malaysian universities have crashed out of the Top 200 in the world, based on the latest Times Higher Education Supplement rankings table. ...
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Friday, November 09, 2007

THES 2007 Rankings: Denial Syndrome Persists

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There is plenty to blog about with regards to the latest Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) World University Rankings table which was ...
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Top 200 No More

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Many would have reluctantly been anticipating that no Malaysian universities will be ranked within the Top 200 by the Times Higher Education...
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Thursday, November 08, 2007

Letter to Mkini: Criticising the MOHE rankings

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Saw this letter in Malaysiakini criticizing the ARES survey carried about LAN on behalf of the MOHE. I agree with most of his criticism but...
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Biomedical Sciences Talk

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Here's an event for students who are interested in pursuing biomedical sciences: There will be a meet-up session with Chau Deming, a gra...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007

PMO office set up to implement Higher Education Plan

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Most of us would probably say that the Malaysian government can come up with great blueprints and plans but fail at the implementation stage...
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Monday, November 05, 2007

USM "Excellent", No "Less Satisfactory" or "Weak" Universities

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Looks like the 'rankings' for the public universities are out before those for the private universities. Thanks to a friend from USM...
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Sunday, November 04, 2007

Political Expediency or Policy Flexibility?

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5 years after the start of the policy of teaching Science and Math in English, it was recently announced that the UPSR exams for Science and...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Positive changes to the UUCA

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Read this on the Star today. Tok Pa announced that there will be significant changes in the UUCA or the Universities and University College...
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Thursday, October 18, 2007

5 Alternative Career Paths

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We've talked about alternative career paths and also thinking outside the box when it comes to choosing which universities to go to (I...
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Friday, October 05, 2007

Long Way Home Charity Ride

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Hey guys, remember my friend Tzuo Hann who's cycling home to Malaysia from the UK? He's in Turkey now and I think his story has bee...
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